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my author blog: Lesley-Anne Evans

The Federation of BC Writers announced that Lesley-Anne Evans tied for first place in their annual Literary Writes contest. Lesley-Anne’s poem “What You Carry” will be published in WordWorks, along with co-winner Fran Bourassa’s poem “The Other.” “It was wonderful to see the wide range of approaches to the rich and complex theme of ‘The […]

Last evening the “Inspired By” exhibition launched at the Summerland Arts Centre, a first for this initiative of the Summerland Community Arts Council in conjunction with the Ryga Arts Festival. The rooms of the Centre were abuzz as creatives and their friends celebrated each other and the creation of 70 new works. “Inspired By” matched writers […]

In April, 2016, Kelowna Museums Society approached Metro Community and invited them into a collaboration. Lesley-Anne Evans, Metro Creative Curator, and Linda Digby, KMS Executive Director, began to envision how to creatively offer opportunities for story telling in the voices of the Kelowna street community. Amber Krogel (Metro) joined the collaboration late spring 2017, and brought […]

my poetry initiatives: pop-up-poetry

Dearest daughter, I remember our time away fondly, so many great conversations, meals, and experiences of a new part of Canada for both of us. The Eastern Townships at Easter is very quiet, and so was Quebec City, but we still managed to find patisseries and good cheese and epic grand cathedrals and one day […]

It’s a perfect spring day here in Kelowna, B.C. and it put me in the mood for an installation. I headed out with a giddy feeling in my stomach, and with my supplies…poems, bull clips, a couple of promo postcards, my camera. I chose a S.E. Kelowna location for PUP today, just down the road […]

After participating in Christine Valters Painter’s “Awakening The Creative Spirit” in Perth, Scotland in 2017, (written about here) I became enthralled by the idea of gifting another installation of Pop-up’s. I contacted Betsey Beckman, Christine’s co-facilitator, and together we connected the dots to make it happen long distance. This time I illuminated my poetry excerpts […]